Slip is a new event series curated by the music duo Soft as Snow. This second edition will have live performances by Svarte Greiner and Soft as Snow, accompanied by a DJ set by Jasmine Guffond.
Svarte Greiner (“Black Branches”) is the nom de scène of Erik K. Skodvin, founder of the Miasmah label, who also records as half of Deaf Center. He is a prominent figure in experimental and dark ambient music, best known for his debut album “Knive” which started the “acoustic doom” sub-genre back in 2006.
Drawing inspiration from nature and spirituality, Svarte Greiner blends surrealism, darkness, and beauty too create genre-defying sound collages, characterized by a blend of time-stopping ambient and drone improvisations with electro-acoustic influences. He typically uses a bowed guitar, effect pedals, cello, and electronics to create cinematic, haunting soundscapes.
Unbound by place or genre, mercurial duo Soft as Snow find freedom to intuitively reflect the disarray of human connection with their intricate, shape-shifting pop production. Their music is marked by a forward-thinking modernity; elements of ASMR and rough sampling, slippery rhythms and noisy textures.
They have collaborated with CURL co-founder Brother May, fashion designer AGF Hydra and 3D artist Guynoid. Their catalogue includes full-length releases on notable labels such as fabric’s imprint Houndstooth, Beacon Sound and Infinite Machine. Alongside their albums their output involves a series of noise-driven impro based work on progressive tape labels.
Jasmine Guffond is an artist and composer working at the interface of social, political and technical infrastructures. Her practice spans live performance, recording, sound installation and custom made browser add-on.
Through the sonification of data she addresses the potential of sound to engage with contemporary political questions and engages listening as a situated knowledge practice. Intuitively exploring abstract sounds as well as referencing traditional musical structures, she has released solo records to critical acclaim with the Sonic Pieces (2015, 2017), Karl Records (2018) and Editions Mego (2020) labels.
